In Other News...

I've been absent from my blog quite a lot recently due to my being in a play and (by some amazing timing) I'm also back working a "real job" again for the summer. Boyfriend and I were starting to sweat the money situation big time recently especially since we're moving to L.A. in October. Wait- I didn't mention that yet? Crap. Where is my brain?
Well, long-story-short, Boyfriend and I have grown tired of the grind that is living in NY and we are moving to Los Angeles in October. It's time for a change. Um...yeah...the end.

Anywho, I've been very preoccupied, obviously, but I wanted to write a quick post today because my good ol' buddy Justin (whom you may remember from Vash and Justin) was in an awesome video last week about the current console wars. It's pretty damn brilliant. Please to enjoy:


 
I'll return for regularly scheduled blogging in the next week...hopefully.

Iron Man 3: A Surprising Sequel (No Spoilers)

Yesterday, I saw Iron Man 3 with my buddies Vash and Justin. The movie surprised me. Boyfriend and I watched the first two installments the day before to gear up for #3, and I was glad we did. Iron Man 3 starts off with a reference to a conversation in the first movie, and it was a delightful surprise. What I found most surprising about the movie was how much it focused on Tony Stark's character as a fallible and often fragile human being, and less on him as Iron Man. Some fans might not like this aspect of the movie as Tony spends a lot of the film outside of the suit. I quite enjoyed seeing vulnerable Tony Stark, it added more suspense and drama to what could have been a predictable action movie.



Tony is clearly suffering from some PTSD after the events that took place at the end of The Avengers. He has insomnia and suffers from anxiety attacks. To combat this, he tinkers and loses himself in an obsession with the distraction of his suits. The downside I found with this in the story was that I personally found it triggering when Tony had anxiety attacks onscreen. Robert Downey Jr. is an amazing actor and plays the anxiety attacks in a very real way. I'm glad he did this, because it felt real and not like anxiety attacks were something to be downplayed. However, he portrayed them so real-to-life that I started getting paranoid that I was going to have an anxiety attack for the rest of the day (thereby inducing one late last night.)

All in all, I think this was a great installment to the Iron Man series and the Marvel movie franchise. I don't want to go too much more into detail about the movie so as not to spoil anything. I recommend seeing this if you liked the first two.  

Iron Man 3 gets 4 out of 5 Iron Man Mr. Potato Heads.

And Now For Something (Almost) Completely Different

You guys saw The Hobbit, right? And then you totally read my review, right? And then you totally watched the video I posted of my buddies, Vash and Justin reviewing said movie, right? Well, this has nothing to do with The Hobbit, but it involves an entertaining video. Yay!

Justin and I were neighbors in college, so we've been pals for a while, and he is probably one of the best buddies you could ask for. He's also super smart and has a deep love of film. And then there's Vash. Vash is opinionated, silly, and crazy talented. He also tends to dislike lots and lots and lots of things movies. He's, well...particular in his tastes.

Anywho, they were kind enough to invite me on the show for one of their "Classics" episodes, where we reviewed a classic movie. Since I was the guest, I chose to watch and review the Nintendo vehicle of 1989, The Wizard.

So, without further ado, I give you one of (hopefully) many videos coming at you from lil' ol' me, Jess GurlNxtDoor and Gurl on Girl-Gaming.  Enjoy!

 

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